The Top 10 Goaltenders of All Time (By Decade) Best NHL goalies

Best NHL Goalies

The National Hockey Hockey League was established on November 26, 1917. Since then, the NHL has developed into the world’s premier hockey league. Players from all over the world yearn to play in the NHL. Of all the positions to play in professional ice hockey, the job of being an NHL netminder is truly unique.

NHL goalies have always been an eccentric bunch. From pre-game rituals and superstitions to getting violently ill before a big game and talking to goalposts, the list of quirky behavior is endless. Before 1959, it was almost a prerequisite to be at least partly crazy to be a professional ice hockey goalie. Imagine standing in front of 100 mph slapshots without a face mask.

One example of nutty netminders is the case of Bill Durnan. In his brief seven year-career, he won the Vezina six times, was named to the First All-Star team for best goalie six times, and helped the Montreal Canadians win two Stanley Cups. Durnan held the record for the NHL’s longest shutout streak (309 minutes, 21 seconds) in 1949 until Brian Boucher of the Phoenix Coyotes broke it (332 minutes and 1 second) during the 2003-2004 NHL season.

In 1950, before a crucial game, Montreal coach Dick Irvin encountered Durnan and fellow goalie Gerry McNeil, both crying due to the pressure of the upcoming game. Durnan explained that the pressure of being perfect was too much and asked Irvin to pull him from the game; Durnan never played another NHL game.

The Top 10 Goaltenders of All Time (By Decade)

2011-2020

Sergei Bobrovsky

Bobrovsky gets my nod for the best goaltender of the last decade. Bobrovsky was never drafted into the NHL; instead, he played his first four years of professional hockey with Metallurg Novokuznetsk in Russia. He would later sign a three-year entry-level contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on May 6, 2010.

Bobrovsky opened the 2010-2011 season as the starting goaltender for the Flyers on October 7, 2010, with a 3-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

He has won two Vezina Trophies (2013, 2017), Two First All-Star Team (2013, 2017), and is a two-time NHL All-Star (2015, 2017). He has also been successful on the international stage, backstopping Russia at the World Championship to a gold medal in 2014, silver in 2015, and bronze in 2016.

Season	Team	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	SV%	SO	MIN
2010-2011	PHI	54	52	28	13	—	8	1,527	130	2.59	1,397	.915	0	3,017:24
2011-2012	PHI	29	25	14	10	—	2	769	78	3.02	691	.899	0	1,550:05
2012-2013	CBJ	38	37	21	11	—	6	1,084	74	2.00	1,010	.932	4	2,218:57
2013-2014	CBJ	58	58	32	20	—	5	1,699	131	2.38	1,568	.923	5	3,299:26
2014-2015	CBJ	51	49	30	17	—	3	1,632	134	2.68	1,498	.918	2	2,994:26
2015-2016	CBJ	37	37	15	19	—	1	1,049	97	2.75	952	.908	1	2,116:21
2016-2017	CBJ	63	63	41	17	—	5	1,854	127	2.06	1,727	.931	7	3,707:04
2017-2018	CBJ	65	65	37	22	0	6	1,993	158	2.42	1,835	.921	5	3,911:34
2018-2019	CBJ	62	61	37	24	0	1	1,756	153	2.58	1,603	.913	9	3,556:40
2019-2020	FLA	50	49	23	19	0	6	1,505	151	3.23	1,354	.900	1	2,805:59
Career	–	507	496	278	172	—	43	14,868	1,233	2.54	13,635	.917	34	29,177:56

2001-2010

Martin Brodeur

Brodeur dominated his era, winning three Stanley Cup’s two of them in this decade 2001-2010. He won Olympic Gold with Team Canada in 2002 and 2010; in 2017, he was named one of the “100 Greatest NHL Players,” In 2018, he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Brodeur holds numerous NHL records. He is first in wins All-Time with 691, the most career shutouts with 125. He has played in 1266 regular-season games, 200 more than any other goalie. He leads the league in wins nine times, won four Vezina Trophies, and won the Calder Trophy in his rookie year. He has won 5 Jennings Trophies, tied with Patrick Roy for most all-time. He has 24 playoff shutouts, and 113 playoff wins, good for second place all-time. The league introduced the trapezoid rule after the 2004-05 season, specifically targeting Marin Broduer’s ability to control the play by trapping the puck behind the net, limiting goalies’ handling of the puck, something that Brodeur was exceptional at. It became known as the “Brodeur Rule.”

Awards and Honors

QMJHL Award Year(s), All-Rookie Team 1990, Second All-Star Team1992 NHL Award Year(s), All-Rookie Team1994, All-Star Game1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, Calder Memorial Trophy 1994, EA Sports NHL cover athlete 2014 First All-Star Team 2003, 2004, 2007, Second All-Star Team1997, 1998, 2006, 2008, Stanley Cup1995, 2000, 2003, Vezina Trophy 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, William M. Jennings Trophy1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2010, Shared with Mike Dunham in 1997. Tied with Roman Čechmánek and Robert Esche in 2003. Nominations AwardYear(s) nominated Vezina Trophy1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, Hart Memorial Trophy 2003, 2004, 2007.

1991-2000

Dominik Hasek

The Dominator played 16 seasons in the NHL for the Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, and the Ottawa Senators. He employed an unorthodox style of play that seemed surreal.

Hasek won two Stanley Cups, both in Detroit. He won six Vezina Trophies, two consecutive Hart Trophies, the first goalie to win it multiple times; he also helped the Czech national ice hockey team to its first and only Olympic gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics Nagano, Japan.

The “Dominator” holds the highest career save percentage of all time (O.9223) and is seventh in goals-against average (first in the modern era) (2.202), and lays claim to the third-highest single-season save percentage (.9366 in 1998-1999).

Awards

NHL

Award	Year(s) awarded
NHL All-Rookie Team	1992
William M. Jennings Trophy	1994, 2001, 2008
Vezina Trophy	1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
NHL First All-Star Team	1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
NHL All-Star Game	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
Hart Memorial Trophy	1997, 1998
Lester B. Pearson Award	1997, 1998
Stanley Cup Champion	2002, 2008

Nominations

Award	Year nominated	Award winner
Hart Trophy	1994	Sergei Fedorov (Detroit Red Wings)
Hart Trophy	1995	Eric Lindros (Philadelphia Flyers)
Hart Trophy	1999	Jaromír Jágr (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Lester B. Pearson Award	1999	Jaromír Jágr (Pittsburgh Penguins)

Czechoslovak and Czech awards

Award	Year(s) awarded
Czechoslovak First League Best Goaltender	1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
Golden Hockey Stick	1987, 1989, 1990, 1997, 1998
Czech Sportsperson of the Year	1994, 1998 and 2001
Czech Hockey Player of the 20th century	1998
Czech Extraliga Champion	2010

International

Award	Year(s) awarded
EJC Best Goaltender Award	1982
WJC Best Goaltender Award	1983
WC All-Star Team	1987, 1989, 1990
WC Best Goaltender	1987, 1989
Olympic Games Best Goaltender	1998
IIHF All-Time Czech Team	2020

1981-1990

Grant Fuhr

In the run-and-gun era of the nineteen-eighties, Grant Fuhr had the most success, outlasting his opponent at the other end of the ice, coming up with crucial saves in crucial moments, and giving confidence to his high-octane Oilers squad.

Grant Fuhr’s credentials are remarkable. Winning 5 Stanley Cups with the Oilers, All-Star Award 6 times, First All-Star Team 1982, Vezina Trophy 1988, and the Williams M. Jennings Trophy 1994 shared with Dominik Hasek.

Fuhr also set netminder records, such as playing 79 games in a season 76 consecutively, both NHL records. Most assists and points by a goaltender during the regular season and playoffs combined (61).

Fuhr was ranked number #70 on The Hockey News’ list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players; his #31 was retired by the Edmonton Oilers on October 9, 2003, and he was Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.

Awards

NHL Award Year(s) All-Star Game1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 First All-Star Team 1988 Second All-Star Team 1982 Stanley Cup 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990 Vezina Trophy 1988 William M. Jennings Trophy Shared with Dominik Hašek 1994

International AwardYear(s) CC All-Star Team1987

• In 1998, he was ranked number 70 on The Hockey News’ list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.
• His #31 was retired by the Edmonton Oilers on October 9, 2003.
• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.
• Inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.

Hall of Fame induction

Medal record
Representing  Canada
Men’s ice hockey
Canada Cup
	1984 Canada
	1987 Canada
World Championships
	1989 Sweden

Fuhr was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 2, 2003.

Wayne Gretzky has said on many occasions that he believes Fuhr is the greatest goaltender in NHL history. This is mentioned in an interview with Wayne Gretzky conducted by John Davidson as part of the 2003 DVD “Ultimate Gretzky.”

Fuhr was also inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.

Records

• Most assists and points by a goaltender during the regular season and playoffs combined – 61
• He holds the NHL record for the longest undefeated streak by a goaltender in his first NHL season – 23 in 1981–82.
• He holds the NHL record for most assists in a single season by a goaltender – 14 in 1983–84.
• Shares the NHL record for most wins in a single season postseason – 16 in 1988.
• Holds an NHL record for most games played by a goaltender in a single season – 79 in 1995–96.
• He holds the NHL record for most consecutive appearances in a single season by a goaltender – 76 in 1996.

1971-1980

Ken Dryden

Dryden made his NHL debut on March 20, 1971, in a home game against the Buffalo Sabres and his brother Dave Dryden. It was and still is the only time that the brothers have played goal against each other in the NHL. Dryden was a late-season call-up, he only played six games that season, but he posted an amazing 1.65 goals-against average. He backstopped the Canadians to the Stanley Cup that season, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs. Dryden would help the Habs win five more titles during his brief career.

Dryden played his entire career with the Montreal Canadians from 1971-1979; during that time, he lost only 57 games in his career, never losing more than ten games or less than six games in any of those seasons.

• Conn Smythe Trophy winner in 1971.
• Calder Memorial Trophy winner in 1972.
• Vezina Trophy winner in 1973, 1976, 1977*, 1978*, and 1979*.
• Stanley Cup champion in 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979.
• Played in 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, and 1978 NHL All-Star Games.
• Selected to NHL First All-Star Team in 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979.
• Selected to NHL Second All-Star Team in 1972.
• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983.
• Number 25 on The Hockey News’ list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players in 1998.
• His number 29 was retired by the Montreal Canadiens on January 29, 2007.
• His number 1 was retired by the Cornell Big Red on February 25, 2010, making him one of only two players to have his number retired by the Cornell hockey program, the other being Joe Nieuwendyk.
• Recipient of the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2020.

* Shared with Michel Larocque.

1961-1970

Johnny Bower

Bower made his NHL debut in 1953-54 with the New York Rangers overtaking starting netminder Gump Worsley for the number one spot. In his inaugural season, Bower played 70 games, winning 29 of them. The following season Worsley won back the number one spot, and Bower was sent back to the minors, where he languished for four more years, other than two brief call-ups in 1954-55 and 1956-57.

In 1958 Bower was claimed by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Inter-League Draft. If it hadn’t been for Punch Imlach convincing him to try the NHL one more time, Bower might not have ever joined the Leafs Bower had grown weary of uprooting himself all over the country, but Imlach prized Bower as perhaps “the best athlete in the world.”

Bower played 11 seasons with Maple Leafs, winning four Stanley Cups, Two-time Vezina Trophy winner, and Three-time Calder Cup winner, and was voted number #87 on The Hockey News list of the top one hundred NHL players of All Time. Johnny Bower was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1976.

Awards and honors

• Three-time Hap Holmes Memorial Award: 1952, 1957, 1958
• Two-time Vezina Trophy winner in 1960–61, 1964–65
• Four-time Stanley Cup winner: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67
• Selected to NHL First All-Star Team in 1961
• They played in the 1961 NHL All-Star Game
• Three-time Les Cunningham Award winner: 1956, 1957, 1958
• Three-time Calder Cup winner: 1948, 1951, 1953
• The Hockey News’ list of the Top 100 NHL Players of All Time: #87
• Hockey Hall of Fame inductee (class of 1976)
• AHL Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2006)
• Star on Canada’s Walk of Fame
• Number 1 retired by the Cleveland Monsters (for his career with the Cleveland Barons)
• Number 1 retired by the Toronto Maple Leafs (alongside Turk Broda)
• In January 2017, Bower was part of the first group of players to be named one of the ‘100 Greatest NHL Players in history

Bower’s star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.

1951-1960

Jacques Plante

Plante played for the Montreal Canadians from 1953-1963, helping the Canadians win six Stanley Cups, five of them consecutively. He was an innovator and ahead of his time in many ways. He was the first goalie to introduce a face mask as regular goalie equipment; Clint Benedict of the Montreal Maroons was the first goalie to construct a crude face mask and wear it in a game. Plante was one of the first goaltenders to stop the puck behind the net and raise his arm to indicate an icing call to his defensemen. He employed a stand-up style, cutting down angles, and was a master stickhandler. He was the first goalie to write a book about playing the position of goaltender.

Plante was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1978. His number #1 jersey was retired in 1995 by the Montreal Canadians.

Awards and Honors

NHL Award Year(s) All-Star Game1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1969, 1970 First All-Star Team 1956, 1959, 1962 Hart Memorial Trophy 1962 Second All-Star Team 1957, 1958, 1960, 1971 Stanley Cup 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 Vezina Trophy 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1969 Shared with Glenn Hall. Other Award Year(s) Hockey Hall of Fame 1978 Canada Sports Hall of Fame 1981 World Hockey Association Hall of Fame 2010.

1941-1950

Walter Edward Broda

Broda was given the nickname “Turkey Egg” by his school classmates In Brandon, Manitoba, because of his many freckles. The name stuck and eventually was shortened to “Turk.”

In 1942 Broda won the first of his five Stanley Cups with Toronto. 1942 was the year that the Toronto Maple Leafs became the only team to come back to win a championship after being down three games to nothing to the Detroit Red Wings, a record to this day.

In 2017 Broda was named one of the ‘100 Greatest NHL Players ever. Broda was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1967. In 1998, he was ranked number 60 on The Hockey News’ list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.

Awards and achievements

• Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1933)
• Memorial Cup Championship (1933)
• Calder Cup Championship (1936)
• Vezina Trophy (1941 and 1948)
• NHL First All-Star Team Goalie (1941 and 1948)
• Stanley Cup Championship (1942, 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1951)
• NHL Second All-Star Team Goalie (1942)
• In 1998, he was ranked number 60 on The Hockey News’ list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.
• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1967.
• “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
• Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1983
• #1 jersey retired by the Toronto Maple Leafs[12]
• In January 2017, Broda was part of the first group of players to be named 0ne of the “100 Greatest players” in history.

1931-1940

Frank Brimsek

Frank Brimsek played ten seasons in the NHL for the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Black Hawks. Brimsek earned the nickname “Mr. Zero” after collecting six shutouts in his first seven regular-season games as a starting goaltender; Brimsek set the record for the longest shutout streak, 231 minutes and 54 seconds. By the end of Brimsek’s first season, he had recorded the most wins (33), the most shutouts (10), and the lowest GAA (1.56). The Bruins finished in first place. Brimsek and his Bruins dispatched the New York Rangers in the semi-finals and the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup Final, winning his first title in his first season. He also won the Calder Memorial Trophy and the Vezina Trophy and was named to the first NHL All-Star Team.

Awards

EAHL Award Year(s) EAHL Second All-Star Team 1936 George L. Davis Trophy 1936 IAHL Award Year(s) IAHL First All-Star Team 1938 Calder Cup1938

NHL[AwardYear(s) Calder Memorial Trophy 1939 NHL All-Star Game 1947, 1948 NHL First All-Star Team 1939, 1942 NHL Second All-Star Team 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948 Stanley Cup 1939, 1941 Vezina Trophy 1939, 1942

1921-1930

Clint Benedict

Clint Benedict played NHL for the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Maroons. He won four Stanley Cups, more than any other goalie during the nineteen twenties. He was the first NHL netminder to wear a face mask. He led the league in shutouts seven times. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Benedict was the first goalie to drop to his knees to make a save during a time when it was considered an illegal move; this earned him the nickname “Praying Benny.” Eventually, the league legalized the move.

Awards and achievements[

• 1965 – Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
• 1966 – named all-star goalie for the time period 1893–1926 by NHL historian Charles Coleman
• 1966 – inducted into Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame
• 1998 – Ranked number 77 on The Hockey News’ list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.

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